Walking Tour
Take a walking tour of the The Dalles Commercial Historic District
National Register of Historic Places.
Want to know what this town looked like years ago? Click here to view the Sanborn Insurance Maps.
Map, Name, Year Built, Description, Classification in National Register of Historic Places
#1 – City Park, 1899
Vicinity of 6th/7th St. & Union
(Picnic area, play equipment for children). Primary
#1A – End of Oregon Trail Marker, 1906
South end of City Park, 7th & Union
Dedicated by Oregon Trail preservationist, Ezra Meeker. Secondary
#1B -Historic House, 1868
#2 -Rectory, St. Paul’s Chapel, 1926
#3 -St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1875
601 Union St., Primary
#4 – Union Court, 1890’s
#5 – James Condon House, 1894
512 Union St. Primary
#6 – Congregational United Church, 1936
United Church of Christ Congregational, 111 East. 5th St. Secondary
#7 – Wasco County Courthouse #3, 1914
511 Washington St.
(Current Wasco Co. Courthouse), Secondary.
#8 – The Dalles Wasco Co. Library – Carnegie Library, 1910
(Now The Dalles Art Center)
220 E. 4th St., National Register
#9 – Foley House, 1909
#10 – Methodist Parsonage, 1916
100 E. 4th St. Secondary.
#11 – Dr. Hugh Logan House, 1889
#12 – Hamilton Hospital, 1926
416 Washington St.
(Now Mid-Columbia Medical Arts Blg). Secondary.
#13 – The Dalles Civic Auditorium, 1921
323 E. 4th St.
(currently site for special events) On the Nat. Register
#14 – Elks Temple, 1910
200 E. 3rd St.
(National Neon Sign Museum). Secondary.
#15 – Wasco County Courthouse #2 / Masonic Temple, 1881
311 Union St.
Masonic Temple: 105 W. 3rd St.
(Current business location of: Clocktower Ales). Primary.
#16 – Gates Hotel, 1870
101 E. 3rd St. Primary.
#17 – The Dalles City Hall, 1908
313 Court St.
(Location of The Dalles Fire Dept. Museum, with 1859 antique fire pumper on display. Open during regular business hours, Mon.-Fri., 8-5.) Secondary.
#18 – Court Street Apartments/ Commodore II, 1910
312 Court St.
(main floor: restaurant, Copper West Real Estate, 2nd & 3rd Floor private apartments, 4th floor business offices). Secondary.
#19 – Vogt Opera House, 1895
308 Washington St.
(currently for sale). Primary.
#20 – Milne Building, 1929
412 E. 2nd St. Secondary.
#21 – Stadelman-Bonn, 1908
#22 – Cobbs Store.1890
#29 – The Dalles Garage, 1930
101 E. 2nd St. Secondary.
#30 – Schanno Building, 1915
201-205 E. 2nd St.
(currently Canton Wok restaurant). Secondary.
#31 – Granada Theatre, 1929
221 E. 2nd St. Secondary.
#32 – Pioneer Building, 1860-65
301-305 East 2nd St.
(currently hosts a variety of retail businesses). Primary.
#33 – Edward C. Pease Department Store, 1910
319-321 E. 2nd. Secondary.
#34 – I.O.O.F. Hall – Odd Fellows Hall, 1915
412 E. 2nd St. Secondary.
#35 – Chew Kee & Co. (Chinese Building), 1857
210 W. First Street, (private property; closed to the public). Primary.
Additional Historic Buildings not on map
Baldwin Saloon, 1877
205 Court St., (Family restaurant), Primary.
Waldron Bros. Drug Store/ Gitchell Bldg., 1867
1st & Washington St., (private property; closed to the public). Primary.
N.H. Gates House, 1860
511 Union St. (currently private residence). Primary.
Ben Snipes House, 1865
218 W 4th St.
(currently private residence.) Primary.
Victor Trevitt House, 1868
216 W. 4th St., Next to Ben Snipes House, (currently private property). Primary.
Miller Building, 1881
308 E. 2nd St. Primary.
Carlisle House, 1886
100 W. 4th St. Primary.
Oaks HoteL/Optimo Cigar Store, 1890
200 E. 2nd St., (currently Sigman’s Flowers). Primary.
208 Washington St., 1892
Primary.
Isabella Gray House, 1895
Harding House/Planetree Library
200 E. 4th St. Primary.
Historic Name: I.C. Nickelsen Bookstore, 1870
Current Name: Klindt’s Book Sellers and Stationers
315 E. 2nd St.
(oldest continually operating book store in Oregon and gosh-darn-it, probably west of the Mississippi ), Historic/NC.